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On June 2, local time, the U.S. government announced that it would impose a 25% retaliatory tariff on goods from six countries with a total value of approximately US$2.1 billion, as a way to collect digital services from companies such as Facebook, Google, and Amazon. Tax response. Countries that will be charged high tariffs include Australia, the United Kingdom, India, Italy, Spain and Turkey.

Subsequently, the US government immediately stated that this tariff policy will be implemented 180 days later.

US Trade Representative Dai Qi said that this move will reserve the option for the United States to impose tariffs and allow more time to negotiate and negotiate with other countries.

In June last year, the Trump administration launched an investigation into the above six countries' collection of digital service taxes from global Internet giants, and gave a one-year time limit to implement retaliatory tariffs.